Malaysiakini Apr 26, 11 More than 100 Ibans stormed the Sibu headquarters of the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) yesterday, demanding the balance of RM400 a person as their reward promised for backing a party candidate who won in the recent state election, an election watchdog has revealed. Sibu Election Watch (SEW) in a press [...]

During the Sarawak state general election campaign, both the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin promised to consider the return of the teaching of science and mathematics in English (PPSMI) and that the government would study the possibility of using two mediums of instruction for teaching [...]

by Ronald Benjamin The Malaysian Insider April 25, 2011 APRIL 25 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's comments that the racist politics of DAP has been exported to Sarawak clearly reveal his ethnic prejudice and insecurity. His simplistic comments fail to consider the current political and cultural trends among the urban population whose political sense and [...]

By Clara Chooi April 25, 2011 SIBU, April 25 — The Sarawak DAP appears to be taking aggressive steps to take charge of Pakatan Rakyat's (PR) campaign ahead of the coming general election, beginning with endorsing the proposal to merge with the Sarawak National Party (SNAP). The state's top leaders met here yesterday to discuss [...]

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has sprung to the quick defence of Utusan Malaysia, the Umno official organ and the national daily which enjoys "unlawful" immunity and impunity for blatant offences whether against the Printing Presses and Publications Act, the Sedition Act or other laws in the land. In response to public condemnation [...]

Firstly, let me congratulate the 12 newly-elected Sarawak DAP State Assembly representatives led by Sarawak DAP State Chairman Wong Ho Leng, Deputy Chairman Chiew Chin Sing and State Secretary Chong Jian Ren for their success in the historic 416 Sarawak state general elections the previous Saturday. It is not so much a victory for the [...]